Not included in the sale was the transmitter site for KVET, which to this day remains under Butler ownership; 2020 records assessed the land as being valued at $1,600,335. Owing to the dominance of KLBJ in the news/talk format in Austin, plus the station's existing coverage of Texas Longhorns sports, Capstar opted to take the AM station in a new direction in October 1998. It fired a dozen staffers in its new acquisition and several hosts and switched KVET to a sports format. Industry trade website RadioInsight had initially reported on May 5, 2021 that iHeartMedia surrendered KVET's license; a brief public notice at the FCC stated “License cancelled at licensee’s request by email from counsel on May 4, 2021” and the posting hinted at a possibility Butler was selling the transmitter site. This news came several weeks after KASE-HD2—with an FM translator at 97.5 FM—was awarded flagship rights to Austin FC and several months after the station's lone locally-based talk show was cancelled following a mass downsizing effort by iHeartMedia. However, this cancellation notice was revealed the following day to be "an inadvertent typo by the FCC" confusing KVET with KEVT in Sahuarita, Arizona, which had surrendered their license; KVET's license was subsequently restored. KVET AM previously simulcast on KVET-HD2, the HD digital subchannel of KVET-FM, and on FM translator K276EL (103.1 FM) until August 27, 2021, when KVET-HD2 and K276EL flipped to all-1980s hits. Programming KVET's programming as a sports talk station largely consists of national fare from Fox Sports Radio. Morning and afternoon shows are carried in conjunction with KTKR, the iHeartMedia sports talk station in San Antonio; the station is also the local affiliate for the John Clay Wolfe Show. Play-by-play rights include the radio networks of the Houston Texans and San Antonio Spurs. References External links VET Radio stations established in 1946 1946 establishments in Texas IHeartMedia radio stations Sports radio stations in the United States Fox Sports Radio stations